Here! I'm a trying to use another pair for my mini-series. Heheh, now I bring you Hachimenroppi Izaya and Tsukishima Shizuo… well much referred to as Roppi and Tsuki. As for the meaning of Imi wa Nai… there is no meaning. I am serious, that is the translation of the title. Imi wa Nai or There is No Meaning is a Drama/Angst… well, I will try to make it deserving for such genres. Anyway, I might throw in some other alter-egos such as my other favorites: Psyche, Delic and their partners.
This will also include Fantasy, Supernatural, Horror, Violence, Adventure and a little… Shounen-ai. I don't think I can make Tsuki handle things like that… he might pass out in the beginning. But oh well who knows? Probably in Roppi's perspective about the new world otherwise known as the Old Root… but not all scenes.
Please enjoy Roppi-Tsuki dark cuteness!
Disclaimer: I do not own Durarara or any of their alter-egos. I do not like creating lead role OCs if there is no necessity. Some references are used.
Warnings: Shounen-ai, Horror, Violence, Suicide, Language, implied sexual themes. Not inclusive in all chapters.
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Imi wa Nai
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Summary: There is no meaning in living as remnants of the earlier people. However, Roppi decides to locate the mystical Plume of Ancient Memories… for the sake of Tsuki who lost his memories as a remnant. "…If he wouldn't remember anything, he might as well disappear."
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Imi wa Nai
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The sun across the coasts takes a full figure… as the mirage joins the celestial being along the half of it. The sky of blending black and purple accentuates the sun's vermilion color… so dreadful yet so relaxing.
The sands covering the beach reflect the strange color of the sky and the sun as if soon becoming one with the seas. The dark-tinted rocks start to join the harmony of colors…
Creating a very un-eye-friendly effect. So stupid that it hurts my eyes.
So what the point in becoming one with something else? What is the point of being unique if it desires to blend? There is no meaning in it… like how it feels to become a remnant of someone else.
Not long ago, a sudden explosion between the dimensions has caused the parallel universes to collide with one another. It has caused a lot of problems to the inhabitants of each one. All of the humans have burst into multiple spirit forms… which are then called remnants. They hold fragments of memories of each similar person in every universe— regarding of their own reality. Remnants are not necessarily considered humans… but the remnants are essential in keeping the balance— the stable countdown of Old Root.
Old Root… the spiritual world where all of the remnants have been gathered. As the universes recuperate from the damages and strive to separate themselves from one another, the Old Root has to keep the remnants in it. Sooner, the remnants will vanish into different spirit forms to recreate the human race in each universe. Until then, we have to live our lives as if we are humans ourselves.
…My ass.
My name is Hachimenroppi Izaya… or maybe, that is what I am known to be. I am a remnant of a man who— in my memories— is suffering from his seclusion from the world. He just watches humans from afar… as if a god to manipulate them. They fear him, some never cared. He is very lonely. In every alternate universe, there is the feeling of seclusion or wanting to be secluded… thus, giving birth to a remnant such as me. I don't really care about him or my memories of him. It is not like I will be living long enough to enjoy it. His misfortune has been carried over to me… and I don't have enough care to analyze it.
There is no meaning in becoming a remnant of someone. You will never be your own unique self… you will only live only to keep a certain person's emotions, desires and memories intact. It is like living an empty life…
The thoughts of a man with raven locks and deep red eyes echo through his mind. The faint wind of the beach blows on his fur-trimmed coat which fur is colored deeply with red— as if drenched in blood. His dark gray shirt softly flaps along with the breeze— revealing his porcelain skin which is completely contrasted by his other dark clothing, the dark pants and shoes.
Sounds of breaking debris then blends with the deadly silence around the lone remnant. A smile rises as Hachimenroppi feels movements behind him. But somehow… I thought I should make the most of it…
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Imi wa Nai
Rei Haruno —Sakura no Imooto
Part 1: Old Root
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"Whoa! The sun is completely round and… it is underwater, too!"
"Don't be stupid, Tsuki. It's just a mirage." "A what?" The person behind Hachimenroppi sports blonde locks, red eyes and glasses. The faint wind almost sets his white scarf in soft motion… slowly revealing such bartender suit the blond is wearing. His hands are also well clutched at the strap of the bag he is carrying. He then sits down beside him and he chuckles, "Roppi-san, look! The sea is eating the sand!"
This one is Tsukishima Shizuo… he is also a remnant of someone else in similar universes. Apparently, he doesn't have the memories of his 'human'… only the memory of his name as a remnant. He doesn't have any memories about the world, either. But he can smile and act so carefree. He once said that our names are too long… and he also said that we just call each other 'Roppi' and 'Tsuki'. And despite the big hole in his mind, he has this strong will to exist in such a harsh surreal world…
The human behind him must have been a wonderful person.
"Neh, Roppi-san." Tsuki murmurs as he calms down and looks at the other remnant, "Have you… have you found the Plume?" Roppi then lies down and raises his hands to the sky, "Nope… not yet. Don't worry… I'll find it for you."
The Plume of Ancient Memories. It is one of the world's inanimate remnants. It is said to bear the nature's unspoken thoughts about the reality within each of the universes. Someone told us that a way to collect a certain remnant's lost memories is to acquire such rare find. However, the Plume's location is ever-changing… as if getting blown to different places from time to time. I have not determined a certain location where the Plume is by now… or might have gone or might be someday.
But I will find it… even if I spend my whole empty life looking for it.
"Roppi-san…" Tsuki bashfully murmurs as he scratches his head, "You don't have to push yourself in looking for something semi-existent. I will be fine without my 'human's' memories." His bright face then darkens with such a sad expression, "Honestly, I am scared of what kind of guy he is. I might not look scary but… what if…?"
"Everything in this world is semi-existent. The scenery in each of the places is just generated from the Tree of Old's memories of the natural world. Even we are semi-existent…" Roppi closes his eyes and brings his arms down, "We are nothing but—"
"That's so wrong, Roppi-san!" Tsuki yells and then he pulls Roppi up to grab a hand… placing it at his chest to pinpoint the existence of a heartbeat, "Here! Do you feel that sound?! We exist! As long as you can feel me and I can feel you… we exist. It doesn't matter if we are just mere spirits in an ephemeral world. Neh?"
"…Tsuki." Roppi stares at him… only to make a sour face, "You can't 'feel' a sound."
"…! …I forgot." Tsuki drops his head and blushes miserably at a mistake. But then Roppi uses his other hand to pet Tsuki's head, "…Don't worry, I understand what you mean."
I know you exist. That's why… I don't want you to disappear.
Apparently, remnants who cannot contribute to the remaking of the universes might as well disappear. That is what that certain someone told me. "…If he wouldn't remember anything, he might as well disappear." Memories are needed for remnants to be able to come back within their own universes. Having no memories means becoming not needed by the worlds… even by this spiritual world. I don't want Tsuki to disappear…
But what if he remembers? Will he be the same remnant I knew?
"…! R-Roppi-san! What's happening?!" Tsuki then embraces Roppi as the land begins to shake rapidly. Roppi looks into the distant full sun… only to see it disintegrate along with sea and sky. A black hole eats up the view as if the particles are gone upon contact with it. Roppi twitches and then he comes to warn Tsuki, "Tsuki! Let's get out of here!" The blond remnant nods and they run away from the high rock they are sitting at.
Hand in hand, they run off as fast as they could as everything else slowly fades away.
That black hole… it is the so-called Dark Rift. It swallows the fragments of memories generated by the Tree of Old from time to time. There's no telling where or when it will come out but when it does… there's a low chance the place would have survived.
"Roppi-san!" Tsuki yells as the ground breaks open in multiple pieces— each opening disintegrates in response of the Dark Rift.
The tremors and the Dark Rift are caused by the skidding of universes. As they try to separate, they slowly consume parts of the Old Root. That is why everything in Old Root will disappear when the universes have successfully separated from one another.
Despite knowing this… why are we even running away from it? I'm all confused as to my reasons. Survival is non-existent in such a place like this… then why? Why am I desperately taking Tsuki's hand and leading him out there…
In a safer place? Is there a safer place?
"Roppi-san!" Tsuki yells again as he looks back at the Dark Rift, "It is slowing down! We can outrun it at this rate!" Roppi looks at where the Dark Rift is as they slow down involuntarily. The ground breaks more and more… then suddenly the Dark Rift advances faster than normal. The brunet then looks around and sees a bright light coming from the depths of the ground.
"Let's go, Roppi-san!" Tsuki embraces the brunet remnant tightly as he throws themselves down the cliffs created by the tremors. The two remnants fall from the heights… as they watch the Dark Rift devour the whole beach where they have stayed at for a while. They then turn to the approaching bright light… holding each other tighter as to not to lose each other…
In the fleeting world of Old Root.
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Imi wa Nai
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"…pi-san! Roppi-san! Roppi-san!"
Loud desperate cries conquer Roppi's hearing… and so his eyes give in to the urge to open. He then sees Tsuki's face looming over his and then guy starts to cry, "Roppi-san! I'm so glad you already came to!"
"Where are we?" Roppi gets up and then he finds the two of them… in some kind of park.
"I don't know what this is but… I have seen a lot of remnants passing by a while ago." Tsuki looks around again and then he points out, "Look, Roppi-san!" Roppi gets up and grabs the blond's hand… as if finding the situation dangerous to be noticed by those walking creatures.
What exactly are those? I'm positive they are not remnants…
The two then stand up and begin walking around the place… resembling a modern city. Tsuki is staring at the thought-so remnants with bliss… but the fact that they are getting ignored alarms him. They are passing around the streets and then Tsuki whispers, "R-Roppi-san… why aren't they even displaying emotions? Aren't they really remnants like us?"
"…They are not." Roppi speaks as he pushes off one of the people yet it has no reaction. It keeps on walking along anyway. "They are like illusions that belong to this generated scene." The blond then grasps at his arm, "…That's so scary…"
But suddenly the people stop walking, turning to them in a synchronized manner. Roppi then grabs Tsuki close and then the blond protectively embraces the brunet as well. The child who is carried by his mother while sporting a balloon then points at them…
"REMNANTS!"
The two twitch as the people then turn into hideous-looking beasts— wanting to go and crush them with those teeth. Tsuki breaks from Roppi's hold and then he begins dragging him away from the people. The beasts then run after them… leading them in a maze of a city.
"What are those things?!" The blond yells and then the brunet answers, "I haven't seen anything like them before!"
They come across another street and then some beasts jump on Tsuki— causing him to let go of Roppi, "Ah! Run, Roppi-san!" Roppi then falls off balance and then he tries to get up, "No way, Tsuki!" But then the beasts go after Roppi instead— finding something off with Tsuki. The brunet then has his eyes widen when the monsters bare their teeth at him…
Only to hear multiple gunshots.
Each of the beasts disappears by getting shot and the others flee from the source of the sounds. The area then gets cleared of any beast and then Roppi gets up as to approach the trembling Tsuki. The blond then looks around and runs to Roppi— snuggling the brunet's legs in fear, "ROPPI-SA~~~~~N! I'm so scared! I thought we're already goners!"
"…" Roppi hasn't answered just yet… seeing figures at the distance. The two figures walk nearer and then one greets him with a friendly salute, "Yo, Hachimenroppi."
"…Delic." The guy whispers as he stares at the man in a white suit and pink work-shirt. His also has white pants and white shoes with pink soles. He also has this weird semi-circle thick ring embracing his ears and the back of his head. The guy also sports blonde locks and strong pink orbs… in reflection of his bright and active behavior.
This remnant's name is Delic… and he is certain someone who told me about the Plume of Ancient Memories and the reality of remnants who have lost their memories. He looks a lot like of Tsuki… and I thought that is just a mere coincidence. However…
Roppi stares at the other figure… who exactly looks like him in some ways. But the coldness in those gold eyes is incomparable to his uninterested red orbs. Despite the fact that their faces are similar, there is something different between the two of them. Much more specific… the way of dressing. The newcomer sports a prince's attire along with that childish crown adorning his head.
"Don't set that kind of gaze upon me." He speaks in such a queenly tone… a royalty-acting remnant, no?
"…I didn't see you with Delic the last time we met. Who is he, Delic?"
"Oh, right." Delic blushes a bit and gestures to introduce Roppi to the other guy and the other guy to Roppi. "This is Hibiya-sama. He's a remnant I met back in the days after we have met. Like us, he has been traveling around Old Root as well. Since you two look alike very much… I thought you must be remnants of the same person. Like me and that… err, guy's case."
"Remnants of the same person?"
"…Hm. I see a clueless one over here. What you heard is right. We maybe remnants of the same person but may I remind you of the existence of our differences. Remnants are used to contain memories of a certain person but one remnant can never hold all of it on his own. Similar emotions and memories are stored in different remnants… our memories of our 'human' greatly vary as well."
"…I see. You've been travelling, too, right, Hibiya?"
"-Sama. Don't forget that."
Roppi glares at the queenly asshole and then Hibiya stares at Tsuki, "Before that, who is that… one crying at your crotch?" Roppi looks down at Tsuki as he cries for getting so scared. He pushes him a bit he kneels down before the guy, "Hey, Tsuki. Stop crying. There is someone here talking about having the same 'human' as you. He might help you somehow."
"…? …!" Tsuki looks at the other two's direction and he suddenly darts to Delic, "Whaaaaaa! Roppi-san's right! You look like me! Hi, my name is Tsukishima! What's yours?" "Tsukishima? Oh, the remnant without his memories, I see. My name is Delic. Hachimenroppi has been asking about how he can help you a lot before." "A remnant without memories? Is that even possible?"
Tsuki settles with a small smile and then he hangs his head, "…Sorry." Roppi walks towards them and he pulls him away closer to him, "You don't have to apologize. So, Delic, what are those things earlier?"
"They are much famous as Blanks. They come to remnants and devour them. Those are the creatures that lives here and, obviously, destroys the balance to keep the worlds from skidding away from one another… consequently stopping the Old Root from vanishing." Hibiya answers in Delic's stead and then Delic continues, "They used to be hiding but now… they are even spread everywhere… at every scene the Tree of Old is generating."
"Seeing that this is a Blank-infested scene, we should go and find the exit." Hibiya leads the way and then Delic nods at Roppi and Tsuki so they would follow.
"BAAAHHH! So this is what this place is!" Delic yells around and he chuckles, "No wonder those Blanks have been inhibiting this place." "What do you mean?" "Right. This city is a definite memory from a very few similar universes. Only those who have vivid memories often come around places like this." Hibiya then speaks, "Vivid memories are a Blank's grandest delicacy."
"I see." Roppi hums and the he notices Tsuki not beside him anymore. He looks around behind him… seeing the guy staring at the big building with a wide and big monitor. Delic notices the thing and then Roppi runs back to the blond. Hibiya and Delic look at each other and they follow suit.
"Tsuki… what's wrong?" "…This building. I can vaguely recall it. Somehow, I feel that my 'human' sees this place every day. Exactly like this." Tsuki then closes his eyes and let goes of his bag strap. The blond then has a strange light between his palms. The light subsides and then an envelope lies before him. He then smiles and takes it… putting it inside the bag.
"What was that?" "…?"
"Tsuki is extremely forgetful at times. So whenever he remembers bits and bits of his 'human's' memories, he seals them in letters." Roppi speaks and then Tsuki apologizes, "I'm very sorry for the wait. Let's get going then."
"You're strange." Hibiya comments and then he sighs in displease, "However, I don't think we can go on a bit more for now." Delic and Hibiya then produce guns the same way Tsuki produces an envelope. Tsuki then sticks closer to Roppi as the Blanks reveal themselves again— clouding the streets. Delic then laughs out, "This is going to be a blast!"
"Oi, you're a remnant with memories, correct? You should be able to produce weapons or something from your human's memories." Hibiya huffs and then Roppi frowns, "…How can I—?" "Just think of it and concentrate. It is just materialization of thoughts… like what we are. Pretty badass, neh?" Delic laughs out again as they shoot down some of the approaching beasts.
"…Don't worry, you can do it, Roppi-san." Tsuki smiles a reassuring one at his friend… and then Roppi closes his eyes, "…Okay."
His palms then get enveloped by two different lights. Each grows long and somewhat big enough to cover Roppi's lower arms.
A weapon to protect Tsuki from a mob of monsters. A weapon to keep them all away… enough impact to tatter them all. Enough speed to not let them go.
The lights vanish and then Delic and Hibiya widen their eyes at the weapon Roppi has. The brunet then aims at the monsters— his fingers ready to fire his twin black submachine guns, "…Tsuki, get down. This is going to be harsh."
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End of Part 1
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